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Rugby and Football The thick, broad-shouldered athlete breathes heavily and grunts with each step as he and his teammates push mightily against the opposition. His arms are locked over his teammates' shoulders, all of their heads down. The two teams are pushing against each other like two moose fighting over territory. He looks down to see the ball, sitting just in front of his feet. If he could just hook it with his foot and heave it to his teammate behind him. This is what every player in a scrum is thinking while they fight each other for possession. Rugby is the true sport of men, because players wear no pads, and it is even more violent than football; however, football requires pads, thus being the true sport of want-to-be men. The rules of these similar yet vastly different games are extremely complex, so only the basics